A Walking Shadow: Observations on Indigenous public policy and institutional transparency

Life's but a walking shadow. A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Macbeth, Act 5, scene 5.

Friday, 22 May 2020

Operation Rebound: policy prestidigitation in action

So quick bright things come to confusion Midsummer Nights Dream, Act 1, scene 1. The Northern Territory Government today (22 M...

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Indigenous economic and social development in northern Australia in a post-pandemic world

In 2007, Neil Westbury and I wrote a chapter in our book Beyond Humbug arguing that Indigenous economic and social development in the...

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Indigenous incarceration reform

Fortune, that arrant whore, Ne’er turns the key to the poor King Lear, Act 2, scene 2 . Hannah McGlade, an academic and memb...

Thursday, 16 April 2020

The architecture of fundamental service delivery reform in the Indigenous policy domain

They durst not do’t; They could not, would not do’t. King Lear Act 2, scene 2. Last week, the Productivity ...

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Forward looking policy responses to the COVID 19 pandemic in relation to First Nations citizens.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. 1 Henry VI, Act 3, scene 2. Here are two important policy perspectives on the cu...

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Policymaking in a maelstrom: preliminary thoughts on the longer term implications of the current crises

This world to me is as a lasting storm Pericles Act 4, scene 1 What are the implications of the current crises for Indigenous poli...

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Michael Dillon has a longstanding background in Indigenous public policy.

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